Working ´til the end
Director Nikolas Mueller
Countries Germany
Duration 45 min
Synopsis
Three people around 80 years old are still working because their retirement pay does not suffice: as paper deliverer, taxi driver, or cleaning lady. Ferdinand Mennecke is 84 years old. Until he retired, he worked more than 40 years. Mainly in low-paid jobs. His pension is only 650 euros per month. Therefore he delivers papers - six days a week at nighttime. He is one of 760,000 people over 65 years in Germany who are working in a side job. Documentary filmmaker and cameraman Nikolas Müller taking the audience into the life´s of three struggling pensioners who still experience enjoyable moments. A quiet film that leaves room for the people portrayed and depicts the attitude of a generation that raised during the Second World War.
Three people around 80 years old are still working because their retirement pay does not suffice: as paper deliverer, taxi driver, or cleaning lady. Ferdinand Mennecke is 84 years old. Until he retired, he worked more than 40 years. Mainly in low-paid jobs. His pension is only 650 euros per month. Therefore he delivers papers - six days a week at nighttime. He is one of 760,000 people over 65 years in Germany who are working in a side job. Documentary filmmaker and cameraman Nikolas Müller taking the audience into the life´s of three struggling pensioners who still experience enjoyable moments. A quiet film that leaves room for the people portrayed and depicts the attitude of a generation that raised during the Second World War.